Located at the geographic South Pole on the Antarctic plateau, the Global Monitoring Laboratory’s (GML) South Pole Observatory resides in one of the most remote locations in the world. With limited and restricted access, it can be difficult for anyone in the United States to imagine what life is like as a researcher in the South Pole.
![Two people, one in a NOAA Corps uniform and one in a penguin costume, sit in front of a laptop in a conference room. (Image credit: Josiah Horneman/NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory) Two people, one in a NOAA Corps uniform and one in a penguin costume, sit in front of a laptop in a conference room.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/2022-01/virtual-call-gml-south-pole.jpg?h=bd605859&itok=K6sGE343)
LTJG Timothy Holland and Joseph Samaniego, Ph.D., have a virtual chat with students about their life and work in the South Pole. (Image credit: Josiah Horneman/NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory)